'''Michael F. Doyle''' (b. August 5, 1953) is a member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from the state of [[Pennsylvania]]. Doyle was first elected in 1994. He ran for re-election in 2012 and won.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/House/2012/ ''Politico'' "2012 House Race Results"]</ref>

'''Michael F. Doyle''' (b. August 5, 1953) is a member of the [[U.S. House of Representatives]] from the state of [[Pennsylvania]]. Doyle was first elected in 1994. He ran for re-election in 2012 and won.<ref>[http://www.politico.com/2012-election/map/#/House/2012/ ''Politico'' "2012 House Race Results"]</ref>

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Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by ''GovTrack'', Doyle is a "[[GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking|rank-and-file Democrat]]".<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/michael_doyle/400114 ''Gov Track'' "Doyle" Accessed May 23, 2012]</ref>

==Career==

==Career==

*1975: Graduated from Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa.

*1975: Graduated from Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa.

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==Committee assignments==

==Committee assignments==

===U.S. House===

===U.S. House===

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Doyle serves on the following committees:<ref>[http://media.cq.com/pub/committees/ ''CQ.com,'' House Committee Rosters for the 113th Congress]</ref>

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*[[United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce|Committee on Energy and Commerce]]

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**Subcommittee on Energy and Power

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**Subcommittee on Communications and Technology

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*[[United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce|Energy and Commerce]]

*[[United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce|Energy and Commerce]]

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==Issues==

==Issues==

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====Fiscal Cliff====

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Doyle voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was one of 172 Democrats that voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2012/roll659.xml ''U.S. House'' "Roll Call Vote on the Fiscal Cliff" Accessed January 4, 2013.]</ref>

Brady is set to run for [[U.S. Congress elections, 2014|re-election]] to the [[U.S. House elections, 2014|U.S. House]] in 2014. If he runs, he will seek the Democratic nomination in the primary election on May 20, 2014. {{Nov2014genelection}}

Doyle ran in the [[U.S. Congress elections, 2012|2012 election]] for the [[U.S. House elections, 2012|U.S. House]], representing [[United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2012|Pennsylvania's]] [[Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district elections, 2012|14th District]]. He defeated [[Janis Brooks]] in the April 24, 2012 Democratic Primary and faced [[Hans Lessmann]] (R) in the November 6, 2012 general election.<ref>[http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=45&OfficeID=11 ''Pennsylvania Department of State'' "2012 General Primary Unofficial Returns," April 24, 2012]</ref>

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Doyle ran in the [[U.S. Congress elections, 2012|2012 election]] for the [[U.S. House elections, 2012|U.S. House]], representing [[United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2012|Pennsylvania's]] [[Pennsylvania's 14th congressional district elections, 2012|14th District]]. He defeated [[Janis Brooks]] in the April 24, 2012 Democratic primary and faced [[Hans Lessmann]] (R) in the November 6, 2012 general election.<ref>[http://www.electionreturns.state.pa.us/ElectionsInformation.aspx?FunctionID=13&ElectionID=45&OfficeID=11 ''Pennsylvania Department of State'' "2012 General Primary Unofficial Returns," April 24, 2012]</ref>

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The [http://www.Washingtonpost.com Washington Post] listed the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] elections in [[Pennsylvania]] in 2012 as one of the [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-10-states-that-will-determine-control-of-the-house-in-2012/2011/11/18/gIQAXZYCZN_blog.html10 states that could determine whether Democrats retake the House] or [[Republican]]s will hold its majority in 2013.<ref name="WP">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-10-states-that-will-determine-control-of-the-house-in-2012/2011/11/18/gIQAXZYCZN_blog.html ''Washington Post'' "The 10 states that will determine control of the House in 2012" Accessed April 25, 2012]</ref> [[United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2012|Ohio]] tied with [[United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2012|Pennsylvania]] for 9th on the list.<ref name="WP"/>

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The [http://www.Washingtonpost.com Washington Post] listed the [[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]] elections in [[Pennsylvania]] in 2012 as one of the [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-10-states-that-will-determine-control-of-the-house-in-2012/2011/11/18/gIQAXZYCZN_blog.html10 states that could determine whether Democrats would retake the House] or [[Republican]]s would hold their majority in 2013.<ref name="WP">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-10-states-that-will-determine-control-of-the-house-in-2012/2011/11/18/gIQAXZYCZN_blog.html ''Washington Post'' "The 10 states that will determine control of the House in 2012" Accessed April 25, 2012]</ref> [[United States House of Representatives elections in Ohio, 2012|Ohio]] tied with [[United States House of Representatives elections in Pennsylvania, 2012|Pennsylvania]] for 9th on the list.<ref name="WP"/>

On November 2, 2010, Doyle won re-election to the [[United States House of Representatives]]. He defeated Melissa Haluszczak and Ed Bortz in the general election.<ref>[http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2010election.pdf ''U.S. Congress House Clerk'' "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010"]</ref>

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{{Election box 2010

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|Chamber= U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania Congressional District Election

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|party1=Democratic

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|party2=Republican

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|party3=Green

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|winner1 =Michael F. Doyle

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|candidate2 = Melissa Haluszczak

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|candidate3 = Ed Bortz

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|votes1 = 122073

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|votes2 = 49997

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|votes3 = 5400

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==Campaign donors==

==Campaign donors==

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Candidates for Congress are required to file up to seven main reports with the [[Federal Election Commission]] during the [[United States Congress elections, 2012|2012 elections season]]. Below are Doyle's reports.<ref>[http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_12+H4PA18131 ''Federal Election Commission'' "Michael Doyle's Summary Report," Accessed July 27, 2012]</ref>

[[File:Mike Doyle's 2012 Donor Breakdown.png|right|375px|thumb|Breakdown of the source of Doyle's campaign funds before the 2012 election.]]

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Doyle won re-election to the [[U.S. House]] in 2012. During that election cycle, his campaign committee raised a total of $870,614 and spent $757,648.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00001373&cycle=2012 ''Open Secrets'' "Mike Doyle's 2012 Election Cycle," Accessed March 4, 2013]</ref>

Based on an analysis of bill sponsorship by ''GovTrack'', Doyle is a "[[GovTrack's Political Spectrum & Legislative Leadership ranking|rank-and-file Democrat]]".<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/michael_doyle/400114 ''Gov Track'' "Doyle" Accessed June 19, 2013]</ref>

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===Lifetime voting record===

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::''See also: [[Lifetime voting records of United States Senators and Representatives]]''

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According to the website ''GovTrack,'' Doyle missed 516 of 12,417 roll call votes from January 1995 to April 2013. This amounts to 4.2%, which is worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving as of April 2013. <ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/michael_doyle/400114 ''GovTrack,'' "Michael "Mike" Dole, Jr.," Accessed April 17, 2013]</ref>

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===Congressional staff salaries===

::''See also: [[Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives]]''

::''See also: [[Staff salaries of United States Senators and Representatives]]''

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The website ''Legistorm'' compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Doyle paid his congressional staff a total of $992,315 in 2011. Overall, [[Pennsylvania]] ranks 34th in average salary for representative staff. The average [[U.S. House of Representatives]] congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.<ref>[http://www.legistorm.com/member/2801/Rep_Mike_Doyle.html ''LegiStorm'', "Mike Doyle," Accessed September 24, 2012]</ref>

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The website ''Legistorm'' compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Doyle paid his congressional staff a total of $992,315 in 2011. Overall, [[Pennsylvania]] ranked 34th in average salary for representative staff. The average [[U.S. House of Representatives]] congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.<ref>[http://www.legistorm.com/member/2801/Rep_Mike_Doyle.html ''LegiStorm'', "Mike Doyle," Accessed September 24, 2012]</ref>

===Net worth===

===Net worth===

:: ''See also: [[Net Worth of United States Senators and Representatives]]''

:: ''See also: [[Net Worth of United States Senators and Representatives]]''

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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by ''OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics'', Doyle's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $15,003 to $334,998. That averages to $175,000.50 which is lower than the average net worth of Democratic Representatives in 2010 of $4,465,875.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00001373&year=2010 ''OpenSecrets.org'', "Mike Doyle (D-Pa), 2010," Accessed September 24, 2012]</ref>

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===Percentage voting with party===

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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by ''OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics'', Doyle's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $15,003 and $334,998. That averages to $175,000, which is significantly lower than the average net worth of Democratic Representatives in 2011 of $5,107,874. His average net worth did not change from 2010.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00001373&year=2011 ''OpenSecrets.org'', "Mike Doyle (D-Pa), 2011"]</ref>

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Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by ''OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics'', Doyle's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $15,003 to $334,998. That averages to $175,000.50 which was lower than the average net worth of Democratic Representatives in 2010 of $4,465,875.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.php?CID=N00001373&year=2010 ''OpenSecrets.org'', "Mike Doyle (D-Pa), 2010," Accessed September 24, 2012]</ref>

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===National Journal vote ratings===

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Each year ''National Journal'' publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. In 2012, Doyle ranked 59th among Democratic Representatives in the liberal rankings.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-vote-ratings/table-house-liberal-scores-by-issue-area-20130221 ''National Journal,'' "TABLE: House Liberal Scores by Issue Area," February 21, 2013]</ref><ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/2012-vote-ratings/table-house-conservative-scores-by-issue-area-20130221 ''National Journal,'' "TABLE: House Conservative Scores by Issue Area," February 21, 2013]</ref>

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Each year ''National Journal'' publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. In 2011, Doyle was ranked 63rd among Democratic members of the U.S. House in the liberal rankings.<ref>[http://www.nationaljournal.com/voteratings2011/searchable-vote-ratings-tables-house-20120223 ''National Journal,'' "Searchable Vote Ratings Tables: House," February 23, 2012]</ref>

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2011-2012

Issues

Specific votes

Fiscal Cliff

Doyle voted for the fiscal cliff compromise bill, which made permanent most of the Bush tax cuts originally passed in 2001 and 2003 while also raising tax rates on the highest income levels. He was one of 172 Democrats that voted in favor of the bill. The bill was passed in the House by a 257/167 vote on January 1, 2013.[3]

Elections

2014

Brady is set to run for re-election to the U.S. House in 2014. If he runs, he will seek the Democratic nomination in the primary election on May 20, 2014. The general election took place November 4, 2014.

U.S. House of Representatives, Pennsylvania-District 14 Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Michael F. DoyleIncumbent

80.1%

50,323

Janis Brooks

19.9%

12,484

Total Votes

62,807

Full history

To view the full congressional electoral history for Michael F. Doyle, click [show] to expand the section.

2010

On November 2, 2010, Michael Doyle won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Michael Haluszczak (R) and Ed Bortz (Green) in the general election.[7]

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 14 General Election, 2010

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Michael F. Doyleincumbent

68.8%

122,073

Republican

Melissa Haluszczak

28.2%

49,997

Green

Ed Bortz

3%

5,400

Total Votes

177,470

2008

On November 4, 2008, Michael Doyle won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Titus North (Green) in the general election.[8]

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 14 General Election, 2008

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Michael F. Doyleincumbent

91.3%

242,326

Green

Titus North

8.7%

23,214

Total Votes

265,540

2006

On November 7, 2006, Michael Doyle won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Titus North (Green) in the general election.[9]

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 14 General Election, 2006

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Michael F. Doyleincumbent

89.8%

161,075

Green

Titus North

9.9%

17,720

N/A

Write-in

0.3%

606

Total Votes

179,401

2004

On November 2, 2004, Michael Doyle won re-election to the United States House. He ran unopposed in the general election.[10]

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 14 General Election, 2004

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Michael F. Doyleincumbent

100%

220,139

Total Votes

220,139

2002

On November 5, 2002, Michael Doyle won re-election to the United States House. He defeated various write-in candidates in the general election.[11]

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 14 General Election, 2002

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Michael F. Doyleincumbent

99.9%

123,323

N/A

Write-in

0.1%

89

Total Votes

123,412

2000

On November 7, 2000, Michael Doyle won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Craig C. Stephens in the general election.[12]

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 18 General Election, 2000

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Michael F. Doyleincumbent

69.4%

156,131

Republican

Craig C. Stephens

30.6%

68,798

Total Votes

224,929

1998

On November 3, 1998, Michael Doyle won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Dick Walker (R) and various write-in candidates in the general election.[13]

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 18 General Election, 1998

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Michael F. Doyleincumbent

67.7%

98,363

Republican

Dick Walker

32.3%

46,945

N/A

Write-in

0%

29

Total Votes

145,337

1996

On November 5, 1996, Michael Doyle won re-election to the United States House. He defeated Davis B. Fawcett (R), Richard Edward Caligiuri (I), Ralph A. Emmerich (Natural Law) and various write-in candidates in the general election.[14]

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 18 General Election, 1996

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Michael F. Doyleincumbent

56%

120,410

Republican

David B. Fawcett

40.4%

86,829

Independent

Richard Edward Caligiuri

3.2%

6,859

Natural Law

Ralph A. Emmerich

0.4%

883

Write-in

N/A

0%

9

Total Votes

214,990

1994

On November 8, 1994, Michael Doyle won election to the United States House. He defeated John McCarty (R) and various write-in candidates in the general election.[15]

U.S. House, Pennsylvania District 18 General Election, 1994

Party

Candidate

Vote %

Votes

Democratic

Michael F. Doyle

54.8%

101,784

Republican

John McCarty

45.2%

83,881

Write-in

N/A

0%

85

Total Votes

185,750

Campaign donors

Comprehensive donor information for Doyle is available dating back to 2000. Based on available campaign finance records, Doyle raised a total of $5,259,092 during that time period. This information was last updated on April 18, 2013.[16]

Lifetime voting record

According to the website GovTrack, Doyle missed 516 of 12,417 roll call votes from January 1995 to April 2013. This amounts to 4.2%, which is worse than the median of 2.2% among the lifetime records of representatives currently serving as of April 2013. [20]

Congressional staff salaries

The website Legistorm compiles staff salary information for members of Congress. Doyle paid his congressional staff a total of $992,315 in 2011. Overall, Pennsylvania ranked 34th in average salary for representative staff. The average U.S. House of Representatives congressional staff was paid $954,912.20 in fiscal year 2011.[21]

Net worth

2011

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Doyle's net worth as of 2011 was estimated between $15,003 and $334,998. That averages to $175,000, which is significantly lower than the average net worth of Democratic Representatives in 2011 of $5,107,874. His average net worth did not change from 2010.[22]

2010

Based on congressional financial disclosure forms and calculations made available by OpenSecrets.org - The Center for Responsive Politics, Doyle's net worth as of 2010 was estimated between $15,003 to $334,998. That averages to $175,000.50 which was lower than the average net worth of Democratic Representatives in 2010 of $4,465,875.[23]

National Journal vote ratings

2012

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. In 2012, Doyle ranked 59th among Democratic Representatives in the liberal rankings.[24][25]

2011

Each year National Journal publishes an analysis of how liberally or conservatively each member of congress voted in the previous year. In 2011, Doyle was ranked 63rd among Democratic members of the U.S. House in the liberal rankings.[26]

Voting with party

2013

Michael Doyle voted with the Democratic Party 92.3% of the time, which ranked 140th among the 201 House Democratic members as of June 2013.[27]

2011

Michael F. Doyle voted with the Democratic Party 93.5% of the time, which ranked 62 among the 192 House Democratic members as of December 2011.[28]

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